William firfield



(No Model.) W. FIRPIELD.

. HASP.

Patented July 23, 1895 Illl Ill Illr ha y & L fi w 1 W W UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM FIRFIELD, OF PERTH AMBOY, 'NEIV JERSEY.

HASP.

SIPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,232, dated July23, 1895.-

Application tiled February '7, 1895- Serial No. 537,645. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM FIRFIELD, of

' Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Hasps, of which the followingis a full," clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in hasps; and it has for itsobject to provide a hasp formed in sections so constructed that whenapplied to an object and engaged with a staple or other keeperthesection secured to the support by screws or other fastening devices willbe completely covered by one of the other sections, which will extendover its face and'top and bottom edges, rendering it impossible toremove said fastening devices while the hasp is in looking engagementwith its keeper.

A'further object of the invention is to accomplish the above resultwithout materially adding to the cost of the ordinary hasp.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the improved hasp appliedto adoor and shown as in engagement with akeeper, the said section beingtaken practically on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the improved hasp in the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1, andFig. 3 is a transverse section taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig.2, and Fig. 4 is a rear'elevation of the hasp with its members orsections extended.

The hasp is made in three sections A, B, and O, the said sections beingconnected with one another by means of hinges of any approvedconstruction. The section A is provided with the usualslot 10 to receivethe staple 11 or other form of keeper, and the censides, while the rearsection 0 is of such size and shape that it may enter the space betweenthe flanges of the intermediate section.

. The. hasp is preferably made as shown in Fig. 4,in which it will beobserved that the sections B and O are made in a measure tapering, thesection 0 being much narrower than the intermediate section B, and thesection 0 has any desired number of apertures 13 produced in it toreceive screws 14 or other forms of fastening devices.

In applying the hasp the section 0 is screwed to a door 15-for example,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2in such manner that when the sections A and Bare folded over on the attached section 0 the section A will extendbeyond the edge of the door and over the frame 16, to

which the staple 11 may be attached, and

devices of the staple, which will be covered by the outer free sectionof the hasp.

Having thus described my invention, 1

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent Ahasp consisting ofpivotally connected sections, one outer section being adapted forattachment to a support, the other outer section to receive a keeper,and the intermediate section being adapted to be folded over and .toconceal the outer section adapted for attachment to a support, the saidintermediate section being provided with flanges upon its inner facebetween which the said outer section is received, as and for the purposespecified.

WILLIAM FIRFIELI).

Witnesses:

J. FRED ACKER, G. SEDGWIOK.

